"...several manufacturers and distributors were offering complete turntable packages with integrated tonearms and pre-fitted cartridges to help customers get going quickly, and these “ready-to-go” analog front ends were not limited to entry-level offerings. "

(The Absolute Sound)



New “M-series” moving-coil cartridges from HANA (simonb, Design Build Listen, will be able to tell us more in due course no doubt.)


New 'Synergy' turntable system from SME

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HOLBO air-bearing turntable with integral air-bearing, linear tracking tonearm - made in Slovenia.

Some reviews:
- TNT review here.
- High Fidelity (Poland).

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Have an ML on preorder. Expected in a few weeks. Will be interested to see how it compares with the SL and EH, both of which I have experience of....